Isabelle Balkany says husband's sentence is 'disproportionate' Isabelle Balkany, wife of Patrick Balkany, the right-wing mayor who was sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud, believes the immediate arrest of her husband was "disproportionate'. Even more so because her husband has been suffering a "health problem" since August, she says. Isabelle Balkany herself was given a three-year jail term but not immediately placed under arrest, as is often the case in France for short sentences. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES*COMPLETE VID1386553_EN, VID1386528_EN, VID1386531_EN, VID1386575_EN*